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  • California's claims on energy crisis 'only invective,' feds say

    04/19/2004 5:18:53 PM PDT · by Robert357 · 10 replies · 215+ views
    KCAl9 TV News ^ | Monday April 19, 2004 | ERICA WERNER (AP writer)
    WASHINGTON (AP) Federal energy regulators on Monday strongly disputed California's claims that it's being improperly denied billions in refunds from the state's 2000-2001 power crisis. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's arguments amount to ``only invective,'' the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in filings with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. FERC spokesman Bryan Lee went further, issuing a statement labeling recent Lockyer court filings an ``attack designed to generate headlines'' and calling on the attorney general to ``stop gaming the press.'' The agency's arguments came in response to motions Lockyer submitted last month accusing FERC of...